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Tribe of Hackers Security Leaders: Tribal Knowledge from the Best in Cybersecurity Leadership
Tribal Knowledge from the Best in Cybersecurity Leadership
The Tribe of Hackers series continues, sharing what CISSPs, CISOs, and other security leaders need to know to build solid cybersecurity teams and keep organizations secure. Dozens of experts and influential security specialists reveal their best strategies for building, leading, and managing information security within organizations. Tribe of Hackers Security Leaders follows the same bestselling format as the original Tribe of Hackers, but with a detailed focus on how information security leaders impact organizational security.
Information security is becoming more important and more valuable all the time. Security breaches can be costly, even shutting businessesand governments down, so security leadership is a high-stakes game. Leading teams of hackers is not always easy, but the future of your organization may depend on it. In this book, the world's top security experts answer the questions that Chief Information Security Officers and other security leaders are asking, including:
What's the most important decision you've made or action you've taken to enable a business risk? How do you lead your team to execute and get results? Do you have a workforce philosophy or unique approach to talent acquisition? Have you created a cohesive strategy for your information security program or business unit? Anyone in or aspiring to an information security leadership role, whether at a team level or organization-wide, needs to read this book. Tribe of Hackers Security Leaders has the real-world advice and practical guidance you need to advance your cybersecurity leadership career.
The Tribe of Hackers series continues, sharing what CISSPs, CISOs, and other security leaders need to know to build solid cybersecurity teams and keep organizations secure. Dozens of experts and influential security specialists reveal their best strategies for building, leading, and managing information security within organizations. Tribe of Hackers Security Leaders follows the same bestselling format as the original Tribe of Hackers, but with a detailed focus on how information security leaders impact organizational security.
Information security is becoming more important and more valuable all the time. Security breaches can be costly, even shutting businessesand governments down, so security leadership is a high-stakes game. Leading teams of hackers is not always easy, but the future of your organization may depend on it. In this book, the world's top security experts answer the questions that Chief Information Security Officers and other security leaders are asking, including:
What's the most important decision you've made or action you've taken to enable a business risk? How do you lead your team to execute and get results? Do you have a workforce philosophy or unique approach to talent acquisition? Have you created a cohesive strategy for your information security program or business unit? Anyone in or aspiring to an information security leadership role, whether at a team level or organization-wide, needs to read this book. Tribe of Hackers Security Leaders has the real-world advice and practical guidance you need to advance your cybersecurity leadership career.
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Published February 26, 2020
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August 10, 2024
Learning From The Hackers
This was a fun book - similar to Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers but for hackers.
I learned a lot, and got a lot of great career advice and advice how to improve your cybersecurity and hacking knowledge.
A lot of information in this book, from a ton of different experts.
Highly recommend checking it out if you like reading tips from industry leaders.
4.6/5
This was a fun book - similar to Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers but for hackers.
I learned a lot, and got a lot of great career advice and advice how to improve your cybersecurity and hacking knowledge.
A lot of information in this book, from a ton of different experts.
Highly recommend checking it out if you like reading tips from industry leaders.
4.6/5
September 15, 2024
Amazing book to read which gives great insight in how experienced InfoSec people/leaders have dealt with and are dealing with Cyber Security.
At first you see the questions and might think it will be repetitive and monotone, however there is a different story each time by different people with some of them of great value
At first you see the questions and might think it will be repetitive and monotone, however there is a different story each time by different people with some of them of great value
April 1, 2020
Over 20 years ago, Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets and Solutions by Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray and George Kurtz was first published. It was so popular that it spawned several very successful follow-up versions, covering a wide array of information security topics, from ICS and SCADA to wireless, web applications, Linux and more.
It looks like the Tribe of Hackers series from Marcus Carey and Jennifer Jin is taking that same path. The first volume was Tribe of Hackers: Cybersecurity Advice from the Best Hackers in the World, and their most recent is the just-released Tribe of Hackers Security Leaders: Tribal Knowledge from the Best in Cybersecurity Leadership (Wiley 978-1119643777).
In the book, Carey and Jin ask many questions to 51 information security leaders. Some of them are well-known industry veterans with decades of security industry experience, such as Mary Ann Davidson of Oracle, Chris Hadnagy, Andrew Hay, Joe Krull and Jake Williams. Others are relatively new to the industry. A few of the leaders, though, are relatively new to the security space.
The authors pick the minds of these individuals, who share their industry insights, advice and stories of how they got into the field.
Some of the questions they asked were:
Do you believe there is a massive shortage of career information security professionals?
What’s the most important decision you’ve made or action you’ve taken to enable a business risk?
What’s something that you struggle with as a leader, and how do you overcome that?
How do you lead your team to execute and get results?
Do you have any favorite books to recommend for people who want to lead cybersecurity teams?
The first question was of particular interest to me as my recent article, The fallacy of the information security skill shortage, addressed that very issue. Some of the leaders agreed to that notion, including David Kennedy, Robert M. Lee, Jake Williams and a few others. But like this question and others asked, there was not a universal agreement between the other leaders.
If there was significant agreement, it was in the area of a favorite book. While many books were mentioned, two stood out: The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr and George Spafford in addition to How to Measure Anything in Cybersecurity Risk by Richard Seiersen and Douglas W. Hubbard.
Information security is not monolithic, and the career paths within the industry are similarly diverse. The views expressed in the book show the many ways these individuals took, and are considered, within their information security journey.
While not a management book per se, information security managers should read the book to understand that the information security journey is not a single path but a very varied one. To lead a capable security team means breaking out of some preconceived notions and working with a diverse workforce, with different ideas, personalities and approaches.
There are numerous CISSP prep guides, all focusing on the theoretical aspects of information security. Tribe of Hackers Security Leaders is a very practical book, with real-world stories and practical advice.
For those looking to get into the field (which as some of the leaders noted is not necessarily so easy), or for those already in it, this is an excellent book that provides wisdom from some legendary information security leaders.
It looks like the Tribe of Hackers series from Marcus Carey and Jennifer Jin is taking that same path. The first volume was Tribe of Hackers: Cybersecurity Advice from the Best Hackers in the World, and their most recent is the just-released Tribe of Hackers Security Leaders: Tribal Knowledge from the Best in Cybersecurity Leadership (Wiley 978-1119643777).
In the book, Carey and Jin ask many questions to 51 information security leaders. Some of them are well-known industry veterans with decades of security industry experience, such as Mary Ann Davidson of Oracle, Chris Hadnagy, Andrew Hay, Joe Krull and Jake Williams. Others are relatively new to the industry. A few of the leaders, though, are relatively new to the security space.
The authors pick the minds of these individuals, who share their industry insights, advice and stories of how they got into the field.
Some of the questions they asked were:
Do you believe there is a massive shortage of career information security professionals?
What’s the most important decision you’ve made or action you’ve taken to enable a business risk?
What’s something that you struggle with as a leader, and how do you overcome that?
How do you lead your team to execute and get results?
Do you have any favorite books to recommend for people who want to lead cybersecurity teams?
The first question was of particular interest to me as my recent article, The fallacy of the information security skill shortage, addressed that very issue. Some of the leaders agreed to that notion, including David Kennedy, Robert M. Lee, Jake Williams and a few others. But like this question and others asked, there was not a universal agreement between the other leaders.
If there was significant agreement, it was in the area of a favorite book. While many books were mentioned, two stood out: The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr and George Spafford in addition to How to Measure Anything in Cybersecurity Risk by Richard Seiersen and Douglas W. Hubbard.
Information security is not monolithic, and the career paths within the industry are similarly diverse. The views expressed in the book show the many ways these individuals took, and are considered, within their information security journey.
While not a management book per se, information security managers should read the book to understand that the information security journey is not a single path but a very varied one. To lead a capable security team means breaking out of some preconceived notions and working with a diverse workforce, with different ideas, personalities and approaches.
There are numerous CISSP prep guides, all focusing on the theoretical aspects of information security. Tribe of Hackers Security Leaders is a very practical book, with real-world stories and practical advice.
For those looking to get into the field (which as some of the leaders noted is not necessarily so easy), or for those already in it, this is an excellent book that provides wisdom from some legendary information security leaders.
April 19, 2022
When I started reading this book, I originally joked that the cover should have said, "co-authored by Google Forms", as this book has no extended theme or statement and simply consists of security professionals' responses to a set of questions.
The questions are:
1. Do you believe there is a massive shortage of cybersecurity professionals?
2. What's the most important decision you've made or action you've taken related to a business risk?
3. How do you make hard decisions? Do you find yourself often making people, process, or technology decisions?
4. What's something that you struggle with as a leader, and and how do you overcome that?
5. How do you lead your team to execute and get results?
6. Do you have a workforce philosophy or unique approach to talent acquisition?
7. Have you created a cohesive strategy for your information security program or business unit?
8. What are your communication tips for interacting with executive leadership?
9. How do you cultivate productive relationships with your boss, peers, direct reports, and other team members?
10. Have you ever encountered challenges collaborating with revenue-generating teams like sales and product development?
11. Have you encountered challenges collaborating with technology teams like information technology and software development?
12. Do you have any favorite books to recommend for people who want to lead cybersecurity teams?
However, the format of the book may seem lazy, but I think it is saved by the quality of its responses. For the most part, the answers are very well thought out and genuine. This book does a good job of getting knowledge and opinions from out from what could be siloed environments, giving more people access to moderately useful information.
I certainly wouldn't say this book is life changing, but it's a more useful way to spend an afternoon than watching Netflix :)
The questions are:
1. Do you believe there is a massive shortage of cybersecurity professionals?
2. What's the most important decision you've made or action you've taken related to a business risk?
3. How do you make hard decisions? Do you find yourself often making people, process, or technology decisions?
4. What's something that you struggle with as a leader, and and how do you overcome that?
5. How do you lead your team to execute and get results?
6. Do you have a workforce philosophy or unique approach to talent acquisition?
7. Have you created a cohesive strategy for your information security program or business unit?
8. What are your communication tips for interacting with executive leadership?
9. How do you cultivate productive relationships with your boss, peers, direct reports, and other team members?
10. Have you ever encountered challenges collaborating with revenue-generating teams like sales and product development?
11. Have you encountered challenges collaborating with technology teams like information technology and software development?
12. Do you have any favorite books to recommend for people who want to lead cybersecurity teams?
However, the format of the book may seem lazy, but I think it is saved by the quality of its responses. For the most part, the answers are very well thought out and genuine. This book does a good job of getting knowledge and opinions from out from what could be siloed environments, giving more people access to moderately useful information.
I certainly wouldn't say this book is life changing, but it's a more useful way to spend an afternoon than watching Netflix :)
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